LA TERREUR

=Reign of Terror
• The period (1793-1794) 
• French Revolution during which the republican government was temporarily suspended, 
power was concentrated in the hands of a small group of revolutionaries, and thousands 
of suspected counterrevolutionaries were executed.(Dictionary of the English Language)
• The period after Louis XVI’s execution from October 1793 to July 1794
when the Jacobins ruled and during which thousands of people were executed
for political reasons.(Collins English Dictionary )
• The period of Jacobin rule during the French Revolution, during which thousand
s of people were executed for treason (Oct 1793–July 1794). (Dictionary of
Unfamiliar Words)
External Threat
• The threat of external forces is coming from countries such as Austria,
Prussia, Spain and Britain.
• The émigré group is a Frenchman who is not in the French state and is
also a third class estate.
• They find protection abroad as in Austria, Prussia, England and many
other countries.
• But these three countries are so dominant to give case examples
because, the various actions of the country have influenced their
actions to threaten France or the revolution.
• This is because, their purpose in doing so was to restore the power of the king
and restore the situation as before.
• Causing the emigrants to try to get outside powers to help them achieve this
success because, the emigrants had used issues such as territory and the status
of King Louis XIV needed to be freed from the revolution.
• Austria thought they needed to do something in order to free the King of France.
• This is illustrated by a letter King Louis gave him before convincing the emigrants
to assert that King Louis's struggle was the struggle of the European
government.
• This led to the Austrian emperor and the electorc cooperating with France on
the border.
• In order to increase the pressure on France, Austria introduced the
Pillnitz 1791 Delay on France.
• This Deliberation contains
• These outsiders have received a response from the revolutionaries and their
actions are not in line with the actions of these emigrants who have
influenced or undermined the administration of the revolution by repelling all
external demands.
• caused the revolutionaries to declare war on these two powers on 10
February 1792 after the revolutionaries took steps to seize power in the
Assembly Hall from the power of the king